Magnus will not play the next WC match!

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  • Magnus will not play the next WC match!

    https://www.fide.com/news/1872

  • #2
    I feel a poem coming on:

    The thought of playing Nepo
    puts him to sleepo!
    "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
    "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
    "If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey

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    • #3
      I always admire those who go out on top. Why play on until you inevitably lose? Bjorn Borg won Wimbledon five times in a row and then retired. Muhammad Ali got punch drunk and half brain dead when there was nothing left to prove once he beat Foreman. Bravo Magnus!!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Brad Thomson View Post
        I always admire those who go out on top. Why play on until you inevitably lose? Bjorn Borg won Wimbledon five times in a row and then retired. Muhammad Ali got punch drunk and half brain dead when there was nothing left to prove once he beat Foreman. Bravo Magnus!!
        Except the article indicates that he's not going to resign the title. So not sure how that is to be interpreted. Will FIDE have to formally strip him of the title?
        "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
        "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
        "If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey

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        • #5
          Few time ago, Carlsen said that his main objective is to reach a rating of 2900. Maybe he think that instead of preparing few openings against 1 opponent during 6 months, his time will be better invested to study more openings to reach his new goal?

          Link: Chess: Magnus Carlsen targets all-time rating record of 2900 at Wijk aan Zee | Magnus Carlsen | The Guardian

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          • #6
            Wow, I'm impressed! So their plan actually did work!

            FYI ... it was a per-arrange agreement amongst the Candidates for Nepo to advance and thereby dethrone Magnus via his own words ... Dec 14th 2021

            “If someone other than Firouzja wins the candidates tournament it’s unlikely I will play the next world championship match.”
            https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...-of-motivation

            Well played agreement, kudos to the all the Candidates!!!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post

              Except the article indicates that he's not going to resign the title. So not sure how that is to be interpreted. Will FIDE have to formally strip him of the title?
              Surely if he declines to defend the title it's a simple default and the title is gone?
              Fred Harvey

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Fred Harvey View Post

                Surely if he declines to defend the title it's a simple default and the title is gone?
                Yes, from FIDE's perspective the FIDE world title would be gone. What if Carlsen decides that, a la Kasparov and Kramnik, he will simply carry on as the true world champion, agreeing to defend his title when he decides and under conditions that are acceptable to him? If you asked a group of people to list the world champions to date, how many of them do you think would view players like Khalifman and Ponomariov as true world champions? That's why I don't think the matter is simple, unless, Carlsen decides to simplify the matter by formally resigning his title.
                "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
                "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
                "If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey

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                • #9
                  How close was Nakamura to this match. I would have liked to see him play for the title. I believe its based on the runner up from the candidates....

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Sheldon Ab View Post
                    How close was Nakamura to this match. I would have liked to see him play for the title. I believe its based on the runner up from the candidates....
                    very close actually he played ding in the last round and only need a draw to finish second place but ding showed up and beat Hikaru stealing second place from him.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Brad Thomson View Post
                      I always admire those who go out on top. Why play on until you inevitably lose? Bjorn Borg won Wimbledon five times in a row and then retired. Muhammad Ali got punch drunk and half brain dead when there was nothing left to prove once he beat Foreman. Bravo Magnus!!
                      Cher went out on top so many times she might as well have been a porn actress.

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                      • #12
                        Well, at least she loved my favourite, The Allman Brothers Band.
                        Don't Keep Me Wonderin' (Live At The Fillmore East/1971/First Show/Previously Unreleased) - YouTube

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                        • #13
                          Other great sportspeople who went out on top of their games include:
                          a) American golfer Bobby Jones, who retired from competitive play in 1930 at age 28 having won everything significant; he did play a little bit after that;
                          b) American boxer Rocky Marciano, who retired unbeaten in his mid-30s;
                          c) Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam, who retired at age 38 in 2008 with one of the best careers of all time;
                          d) English cricketer Alister Cooke, who retired fairly recently from Test play in his mid-30s, as one of the highest scorers of all time; many top cricketers have played age 40+;
                          e) Jamaican springer Usain Bolt, one of the all-time greats;
                          f) American swimmer Michael Phelps, winner of more Olympic gold medals than anyone.

                          It is possible Magnus is being affected by the Russian war against Ukraine. He is a Norwegian, from a country which borders Russia in the north. And FIDE has been run by a Russian, who is up for re-election in Chennai in 2022. I can see Magnus playing a few events a year for a few years.

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                          • #14
                            I just hope it will not be another Kasparov scenario where we end up with a long line of FIDE champions.

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